Fast Lanes Saved the Internet

Net neutrality is a distraction. What we need is to expand and upgrade broadband networks.

By

L. Gordon Crovitz

Updated Aug. 3, 2014 10:41 p.m. ET

If you're confused by the "net neutrality" debate roiling Washington, you're in good company. The editors of Wired magazine realized that even their high-tech readers needed help understanding what passes for political debate on the topic. They published a graphic in June with the heading "What you think the Internet looks like" alongside "What the Internet really looks like." It debunked the key claim of net-neutrality lobbyists that allowing "fast lanes" would undermine the open...